Device for holding ornaments on neckties.



E. W. CARPENTER. DEVICE FOR HOLDING ORNAMENTS 0N NEGKTIES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24. 1914. 1 9 1 w 2M 0 Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING ORNAMENTS 0N NEOKTIES.

Specification of Letters Patent;

. Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

Application filed April 24, 1914. Serial N 0. 834,284

ewelry, in position on neckties of the fourin-hand type.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of asimple device which, when arranged in connection with the usualscarf,will lie in the rear thereof so that it will not be visible to theordinary observer and which is particularly adapted for holding andmental rings or bands which are slipped over the tie and which, whensimply arranged loosely thereon, tend to turn and become displaced.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which:

Figure l is a fragmentary perspective view looking at the rear face ofthe tie, and showing the application of my device thereto; and Fig. 2 isa sectional View taken through-a tie, an ornamental ring and the device,showing the manner of holding, the ring on the tie.

Referring more particularly to the views, 1 provide a member 10preferably formed of a single piece of material to provide afrusto-conical or tapered head lljand a reduced fiat shank 12 formed atits lower end with a clip or other attaching member 13. The member 10 isadapted to be used in connection with a tie or scarf 14 in order tosupport an ornament 15, such as a ring or I 1 the like, thereon, and inthe use of the device the ring or ornament is first slipped on securingin place orna to the tie by passing the ends of the tie through thesame, after which the member 10 is placed in the rear of the tie andmoved upwardly so that the head 11 will pass through the ring orornament, thus securing the tie between a portion of the ornament andthe head, with the said ornament wedged down upon the head as shown. Thehead is preferably tapered to accommodate different sized ring portionson the ornaments and when the member has been arranged as mentioned theclip 13 thereof is preferably engaged with one of the ends of the tie,thus holding the member in place,

while the engagement of the ornament or ring with the member will.prevent the ring from turning or becoming displaced on the tie so thatthe ornamental or fanciful portion of the ring will be in the front andwill be held clearly visible, whereas the means in the shape of themember 10 for holding the ring'vvill be invisible to the observer.

The device described can be made of metal such as aluminum or any otherconvenient material, and it will be clearly apparent that it can be madefrom a single piece of material, thus insuring cheapness of manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a necktie ornament holding deviceconsisting of a single piece of material formed to provide a taperedcircular head, a reduced shank and an attaching member on the shank,with the tapered head adapted to be en gaged by the necktie ornament towedge the ornament on the head and the necktie between the ornament andthe head, with the attaching member adapted for connection with the tiein the rear thereof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD W. CARPENTER. Witnesses I I W. M. HiLLnenisr, CRnsToN M. SMITH.

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Washington, D. 0.

